The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-28

question of cleaning up the city and doing
away with all the nuisances that are likely
! TO interfere with the good health OF the town
! The Board Of Trade has drawn up an excel
! lent ordinance providing for the appoint
ment of health officer and inspectors.
The following changes have been made by
! Bishop Hendrix in the appointments Of the
! Methodist Episcopal Conference: Rev. c. A.
Fulwood goes to Key West in place OF Rev;
| r. II. Barnett, who goes TO the wildwood
/ circuit. Rev. W. F. Norton takes the Pre-
siding Eldership OF the Gainesville district.
The bill 10 make appropriations for the
| Agricultural College has been amended so
as to appropriate g, 900 for a chemical Ii
brary; s, 900 for farm buildings. wagons,
horses, etc. $1,000 for building for the
industrial school and equipment, $1,000 for
contingent fund, and $500 for a reference
aibrary.
The legislative committee to investigate
| the drainage system reached Kissimmee
Monday night. Quite a number of the
citizens called on them at the hotel They,
with severed gentlemen, started out on their
| Investigations, going first TO ST. Cloud in
carriages, and from there they took the
steamer for points lower down.
| AT the annual election of the st. Angus
/ tine Gas and Electric Light Company held
a few days ago the following officers were
| Philadelphia; Secretary, w. p. Eichbaum
of ST. Augustine; Treasurer, James W.
| Allen of st. Augustine Superintendent, w.
| P. Eichbaum of st Augustine.
A large force of men are engaged at st.
! Augustine filling up the eastern bank of the
! st Sebastian river, where Mr.. Flagler is to
| construct his proposed boulevard. In few
| days the work win be carried across the
causeway, and Mill street will be graded up
| e., pr,I biol, lie
| great improvement from sanitary point OF
view, as well as making good street.
An exciting boat race took place at St
| Augustine on Monday between B. A. Nc
Kinney, Michael Mcdonald and August
| Mcdonald. The race was for one mile, sin,
gle scull, and the following time was made
B.. a. Mckinney, II minutes; Michael
, Mcdonald, 10 minutes and so seconds; Au.
gust Mcdonald, 10 minutes and seconds
| Another race will soon be rowed between
the parties.
An adjourned meeting to consider the
matter of opening a public parlor in De-
Land was held in the town hall on Monday
evening" at which time an organization was
effected and the following officers elected:
! President, c. R. Stockton; Secretary, C. X.
Webb. A committee was appointed to
draft constitution and bylaws. The meet
| ing adjourned to meet next Sunday at p.
| N. In the town hall.
The South Florida railroad has signified
its willingness, says a gentleman who
is on the Finance Committee, to
subscribe SOC. 70 each dollar raised by all
other sources, to be used in the Fourth of
July celebration. In other words, one-half
Of the expenses necessary in the celebration,
the South Florida proposes to foot. With
| this as a starter, the celebration will, of
course, be great success.
Hon. Herman Glowgosky, Mayor OF
Tampa, was in Sanford Wednesday. Ii
reply to the question as to what he thought
of the yellow fever getting to Tampa from
Key West, he said that the greatest precau
lions had been taken, and everything posi-
BILE would be done to prevent the importa
! ton of the dread disease. He thinks that al
no time was there any special uneasineSs on
| the part of the people of Tampa.
| Fire destroyed Milton Cooper's residence
| in Newton, the colored suburb of Palatka
Wednesday. A house belonging to Acki,
| Lee was also destroyed. Luckily all the
J furniture and valuables in this house hac
7 been removed and the loss will not amount
to great deal The fire is said to hav,
originated from q lamp exploding in tn,
kitchen of Milton Cooper where it was lef
burning on the floor. The firemen did gooC
service and prevented the spread of til,
| flames. .A
The order of the commencement exercise
at the East Florida Seminary at Gainesvill,
will be as follows: Prize debate--Saturday
night, June T. followed by SILENT Drill, !
by volunteer company commanded by
Capt Shaylor, Bacclaureate set11lon-Sun
day night, sermon by Rev. Mr.. Eden. Com
petitive drill-Monday, June 6, at p. m
Prize declamations-Monday night, June 6
Graduating exercises, awarding Of diplomas
etc.-Tuesday night, June Z. Ex-Gov. Blox
ham will address the graduating class.
The new steam ferryboat that is to ply
between Daytona and the east side is al
ready, awaiting her boiler. She will land a
Silver Beach, Memento, etc., starting from
near the railroad depot on this SIDE Apropo
of that railroad dock, it is now far out int
the river, and speculation is rife as to ulti
mate intentions of the railroad authorities
will they put in draw and then run a tract
to the beach with dummy, to make hourly
or half-hourly tripss 1t would be grea
convenience to the jewellers on the PENN
sula. and to parties wishing to go surf bath
ing and the like.
There is a fine opportunity In Interlachei
for canning factory. During the past anC
present seasons large amount of fruit ha.
gone begging, and much has been lost
simply for the lack Of u ready home market
Shipping fruit is well practiced, but every
producer has, at odd times, large amoun
Of dead ripe fruit which cannot bear tn,
journey to distant market and which can
not be disposed of at home. a small can
ming factory would meet the demand in thi
case, besides giving the farmers confidence
to raise large crops, which they woulC
promptly do were market assured
Many of the Hawthornites are highly in
censed at the carelessness shown in the Ia,
Collectors books. The lands of many q
the best men around here have been adver
tised for taxes, and they appeared at tn,
Florida Southern railroad depot Tuesday
morning ready to board the train for Gaines
vile, every one having his tax receipt from
lSSl-S6, the year for which they are adveI
tised. They were all very indignant, GA,
gentleman saying he had great mind to le
them sell his land Ii they were fools enough
to do it, and then enter suit against Alacllui
county for ''S5, 900 damages, Just to put
head on somebody"
Southwestern Nassau countyites want {,
divide the county. Northeastern Nassau, o.
Amelia Island, Is more than willinI
that this should be done, pro
vidiug that the dividing line is made a
Amelia river The new county projection
would prefer to have tho line Just a littl
further inland, in order TO leave n short
but rather expensive piece Of county road
with Amelia. Callahan expects TO becom,
the county site, but billiards comes on
with an offer OF a court house, etc, free o
charge, to the county, II the site is place,